Should anyone who impersonates an impersonator be allowed to vote? There’s an impressionist in Branson who impersonates Rich Little. Should anyone who can’t remember when to put their trash out be …
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Jennifer went shopping on her own, and picked up everything we needed for a wonderful homemade meal, including something called a “salad kit.”
A salad kit comes in a clear bag, so you can see what’s in it. What’s in it is washed and …
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A newcomer to our state said, “Why don’t you write about the first snow of the year?”
I said, “You mean the one we had in early January?”
“No, the one we just had — in October.”
“That was the first snow of the season. Not …
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Don’t look at me. And don’t look to me.
When someone like Harvey, Irma, Maria or Stephen Paddock comes along who challenges existence in ways that are difficult to rationalize, explain or accept, don’t look to me for answers, because I …
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This isn’t going to be one of the funny ones.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, “On average, 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.”
October is National …
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Jennifer and I just flew back from Detroit, and, boy, are our arms tired.
Michigan is my homeland, specifically Ann Arbor, and I thought that she should have at least one encounter with a University of Michigan home game in her lifetime.
If …
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Alexa, don’t peel me a grape.”
It has taken a while — my entire life — to figure something out. What I want and what I need are just about the same thing.
There are new technologies that I neither want nor need.
I don’t want …
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